- From: Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:45:02 +0100
- To: "Hammond, Tony (ELSLON)" <T.Hammond@elsevier.com>
- Cc: "'Patrick Stickler'" <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>, www-rdf-interest@w3.org, uri@w3.org
While having some sympathy with Patrick here, I note that a new scheme that is URIs not URLs neatly sidesteps the car/document problems. An info URI identifies a concept not a document about that concept. A similar http URL would be taken as identifying either or both depending on who you talk to. Jeremy Hammond, Tony (ELSLON) wrote: >>Why define and manage the URI space outside the scope of the core Web >>and SW machinery? >> > > > Hi Patrick: > > I have to query the question you put above. IMO the "info" URI scheme fits > full square within the core Web and SW machinery as articulated in the > latest Web Architecture Draft: > > Architecture of the World Wide Web > W3C Working Draft 27 June 2003 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/ > > The domain of URI is more extensive than HTTP alone. I would assert that the > actual domain of URI is the Web.
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